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Patented June 1 926.

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Application flied m 15, 1924. s m m5. 726,209.

This invention relates to body hardware and particularly to door hinges,and still more particularly to hinges of the so called concealed typeused on the doors of automobiles, and the object thereof is to providean improved hinge of this type wh ch is novel and simple inconstruction, comparatively inexpensive and which will be eflicient,strong and durable in use. Y

The above being among the objects of the present invention, the samecons1stsof cerdoor hinged to a door post by a hinge em bodying thepresent invention, the door being shown in open position to betterillustrate the construction.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the hinge arm member.

Figure 3 isv a perspective carrying plate member,

Figure 4 is a section takenthrough the center of the hinge perpendicularto the plane of the door and door-post which are view of the pin shownin the connection therewith, the door being shown in closed position.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the hinge arm member and. pin carryingplate menu-- her in assembled position.

Figure 6 is a face view of the mortise as ing member. p

Figure 7 is a section of the mortise casing member taken on the line 7-7of Figure 6.

Figure '8 is a section of the mortisecasing member taken on the line 8-8of Figure 6. l f

Figure 9 is a partially broken sectional perspective of the mortisecasing-member taken. substantially on the line 88 out Figure 6, afragment of the pins carrying plate member being shown in operativerelation therewith to better illustrate the construction.

In the drawing, a door 11 is-represented as being hinged to a door post12 by a hinge comprising a mortise casing 13, a pin carrying plate 14,hinge pin 15 and binge arm 16. The hinge arm 16 is L'shapeld in planview and is provided at one en other end and perpendicular thereto is 'asupporting plate 18 which-is adapted to be set into and secured to theedge of the door with an opening 17 to receive the pin 15 and at the 11by screws 19 or other suitable means.

Pivotei to the free end of the hinge arm 16 by the pin 15 is the pincarrying plate 1 3i constructed of sheet metal, bent U? shaped, theireeends of the U being bent outward ly'to form the attaching ears'20. Twoprojections or cars 21, one of each of which is formed on each side ofthe U adjacent but as the ears 21 to receive the pin 15.

The pin ca ing plate 14' is received in the mortise casing member 13which is set into the edge of the door post 12 so that its outer surfaceis flush with the edge thereof. The mortise. casing member 13 is hershaped and is provided with two outwardly extending flanges 23 atits-open end. ,Two recesses 24 leading into the interior oi the mortisecasing member 13 are provided in welding I bottom thereof and adjacentthe same edge the fianges-23 to closely receive thevears 20 of the pincarrying plate 1%, and a pocket 25 is provided in the bottom of themortise casing member 13 for closely the bottom of the pin carryingplate 14. 9pmings 26 in the pa rs 20 of the pin carrying plate. receivescrews 2'? which pass therethrough and thread into the openings 2% inthe flanges 23 to secure the pin carrying plate 14 in operative positionin the mortise casing member 13, that is to say, with the ears 20 in therecesses 24 and the bottom of the pin carrying plate 14 in the pocket25.-

The pin carr'ylng plate 14 is thus securely anchored top and bottom inthe mortise casing member 13 and the screws 27 act only to hold theformer in properlp'osition relative to the latter; and not to transmitany of the fgrces acting on the lung! member'13. To furtherstren'gthenthe construction, especially againstthose forces set up when the door isswung 0 en and the hinge arm 16 presses against t e stop sur-- faceears'20, and abutting surface 29, leading from the recesses 24 to thepocket 25 is provided for the side of pin carrying plate 14, which isadapted to lie thereagainst, on the side opposite the stop surface ears20. Recesses are provided on the interior of the mortise casing member13 to provide clearance for the projectin ends of the pin 15 when thepin carryin p ate 14 and hinge arm 16 are introduced t erein.

In practice, the mortise casin member is set into and secured in the ege of the door post 12 by the screws 31 entirely iridependent of thehin'geairm 16 and pin carrying plate 14 which are secured as a unitto-the edge of the door 11:. The door 11 is then moved to such positionas to allow the pin carrying plate 14 and hinge arm 16 to enter themortlse casing member 13, the door 11 is swung open and the screws 27are passed through the openings 26 and threaded home in the openings 28,securely hinging the door-.11 to the door'post 12. Removal of the dooris likewise accomplished simply by removal of the screws 27 and liftingthe door ofi.

- It will be evident from the foregoing de-, scription that the presentinvention provides a simple, strong and durable hinge and one that isrelatively economical to manufacture.

Formal changes may be made in the Specifie embodiment ofthe inventiondescribed without de arting from the spirit or substance of t ebroadcinvention, the scope of which is commensuratewith the appended Wclaims. I

WhatI claim is v 1. In a hin e structure, a mortise casing comprising a%oxlike portion rovided wit attaching flanges, a U shaped s eet metalpin 4% carrying plate havin free ends bent outwardl to form attachingflanges and further provi ed with projecting portions adjacent the freeends of the U bent into overlappin relation adjacent the open end of theU an secured together, and an L shaped hinge arm member adapted to bereceived within and pivoted to said pin carrying plate, said mortisecasing being provided with recesses in 7 its face to receive theoutwardly bent free ends of said pin carrying plate and a pocket in thebottom thereof for receiving the 'bottom of said pin carrying plate.

2. In a hinge structure, a mortise casing comprising a. box like portionhaving side, end and bottom walls, a pin carrying member supportedtherein comprising a base terminating i1 1 perpendicularly extendingside walls having their free ends bent outwardly into a plane parallelwith said base, and integrally extending portions projecting from theedges of said side walls bent into over-lapping relation and securedtogether in a lane perpendicular to said side walls and said base, and ahinge arm member pivoted to said pin carrying member, said extendingportions on the side wall of said pin carrying member forminga stop forsaid hinge arm member when the same is moved into open position.

Si ned by me at Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A., this 8th day of July, 1924.

. JOSEPH H. BOURGON.

